Overview

• The eight‑episode Netflix limited series, created by Zach Baylin and Kate Susman, launches globally on September 18.
• Critics praise Jude Law and Jason Bateman’s performances and the show’s stylish, propulsive direction across initial screenings.
• Reviews frequently fault narrative bloat, uneven pacing, and underdeveloped secondary characters despite the compelling core duo.
• The thriller opens in media res with a robbery before jumping back a month, using a slow‑burn structure to trace events leading to that night.
• Bateman directs the first two episodes as an executive producer, with later installments helmed by Laura Linney, Ben Semanoff, and Justin Kurzel; the ensemble includes Troy Kotsur, Amaka Okafor, Cleopatra Coleman, Sope Dirisu, Odessa Young, and Forrest Weber.